As I was driving to church this evening I saw a car that was just like mine except for the color. Now you may think "Big deal." and if you're driving a Subaru or a Jeep you would be right not to be excited by the sighting. However the car I drive is much more distinctive than that. It is a Fiat 500L, and so was the car I spotted this evening.
I have heard all the jokes, but let me assure you right now that FIAT does not stand for "Fix it again Tony." At least not in my experience. My trusty little Fiat is ten years old and it still takes me anywhere I want to go, with very decent gas milage. It doesn't have heated seats or a heated steering wheel and I have to put a key in the ignition to start it, no fancy fob, but it starts every time.
Of course, where I want to go is generally somewhere around town. It has never been on a cross country drive. Today it was church for a committee meeting, tomorrow I will be meeting friends for lunch on The Deck. You get the idea.
I sometimes have a funny vision as I drive around town in my little car. Do you remember the white haired grandma in the old Tweety Bird cartoons? She always drove a little black boxy car. My car is blue not black, but otherwise I think I look a lot like that cartoon grandma. I even have a yellow bird, not in a cage but in my back yard. It comes to our feeder quite regularly. Maybe it's a tweety finch?
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